Unit2 English around the world

Unit2 English around the world

Translate the following phrases.

1) 在一些重要方面 _________________ 2) 与… 不同____________________

3) 去航海，去航行 __________________ 4) 即使，尽管 ________________

5) 走进，上来，提出 _______________ 6) be based on ___________________

7) at present __________________ 8) by the 1600’s_________________

9) a large/great number of _____________ 10) than ever before ________________

1. more than

① That mountain is more than 1,500 metres high. ② More than one student has read the book.

more than+数词+名词= over+数词+名词,其意思是_____,反义词是________。

more than one +单数名词，其意思是_________，在意义上表示复数，但作主语时，谓语动词要用______。

more than + n./v. (=not only)

more than + adj./adv./分词（=very, extremely） more A than B 与其说B,不如说A。 即景活用

③ Harry is ___ my neighbour. He is a good friend of mine as well. A.less than B. at least C.at most D.more than ④ She was more than kind to us. ⑤ 与其说他聪明，不如说他幸运。 He is more lucky than clever

2.because of

because of / because 辨析：because of “因为，于’’是介词短语，表示原因，后接名词，代词，动名词或名词性从句。because 是从属连词，引导原因状语从句或表语从句。 即学活用：1)He was late ________ the heavy rain. 2)He was late ________ it rained heavily.

3)He suffered a lot ________what he had done.

4) She looks worried. That is because of her son hasn’t come back.

3. come up

come up vi. 无被动语态 A.走近，靠近 come up to sb/sth B.（指植物）长出地面 C.（日，月或星星）出现，升起 D.被提出，被讨论 E.（问题）出现，发生 体会下列句中come up 的含义：

1)He came up to me and asked if I knew the time. ____

2)The sun has come up. ____

3)A new plan came up at the meeting. ____

4)The roses are just beginning to come up. ____ 5)I’ll tell you if anything comes up. ____

提醒

? come up 被提出，其主语是被提出的内容，没有被动语态。

? come up with sth 提出，其主语是提出者，with 后面的宾语才是被提出者。 1) The question was never came up. (T or F) The question never came up

2) He ______________ a new idea at the meeting.(提出） 知识链接

? come across 偶然遇见，碰到 ? come about vi. 发生

? come on 加油，快点，得了吧 ? come out 出来，出版，显露出来

? Please tell me how the accident ____. I am still in the dark. (江西 2005) A.came by B.came upon C.come to D.came about

4.Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.

native

A. adj. 本地出生的，本国的。 native land /language/speaker

常用短语 be native to （植物，动物）当地土生的 1)Elephants are ~ to Africa and Asia.

2) 香蕉是台湾的特产。

B. n.某地出生的人。 ~ of He’s a ~ of Junan.

even if =even though 引导让步状语从句。翻译：即使明天下雨，我也要去那里。 I’ll go there even if it rains tomorrow.

5. Present

点拨

present n. ① un. 现在、当前at present = at the present time for the present 目前、暂且 ② cn. 礼物、礼品= gift present adj. ① 在场的、出席的，通常只用作表语或后置定语，常用于 be present at… 意为“参加、出席” ② 现在的，通常只用作前置定语。 my ~ address. 即景活用

1)现在他正在度假。

2)Here is a present for you.

3)The present situation is very good. 4)There were 50 students present.

5)Thirty guests ___ ___ ___（出席了）the ceremony. 单句改错

1.Pandas are native from West China.

2. He came out with the problem at the meeting.

3. I decided to go with them, because of I had nothing better to do. 4. Even if it will not rain tomorrow, I won’t go. 5. More than one person were invited. Keys: 1. from→to 2. out→up 3. 去掉of

4. will rain→doesn’t rain 5. were→was

6. make use of

make use(n.) of ...=use(vt.) ... “使用，利用”use前可加上适当的形容词。 make good /full/little/no use of 好好/充分/不利用… 即景活用

We should _____ _____ _____ _______ to build our country. (利用知识) 他充分发挥了他的才能（talent） He made full use of his talents ? 挑战自我

? ①You must make full use of every minute to study. ? 变被动 a._________________________________

? b._________________________________

? ② In our school, much equipment is made use of ____ students study better. ? A.helping B.to help C.help D.helped

7. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.

? identity n. 1) 本身，本体，身份 ~ card (ID card) ? eg. The ~ of the murderer is still unknown.

? 2) =characteristic 个性，特性 our own cultural ~ 我们自己的文化特性 ? B. latter adj. 意为“较后的，后半的或（两者中）后者的”。the latter 后者（为名词

短语）

? The latter point is more important. ? 易混辨析

? late adj. /adv. 晚的（地）；迟的（地）later adv. 后来（一般与数词连用）later on 后

来，以后 lately adv.近来，最近（常与完成时连用，用于否定句和疑问句中） 选词填空（late/later/lately/latter） 1) I’m sorry. I’m _______.

2) Three minutes_______, he came back.

3) He changed a lot in the ________ half of the year. 4) Have you seen him ______?

5) Of these two girls the former studies well, but the _____ doesn’t study well.

8．Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly.

India has a very large number of fluent English speakers……

辨析：the number of… 意为“……的数量”，后接复数名词，作主语时谓语动词用单数 a (great/large/small/) number of …意为“大量的，许多的”修饰复数名词，作主语时谓语动词用复数。

1) The number of students in our school _______ 5000.

2) A number of students in our school _____from the countryside. 3) I really want to know ____ ______ ____ _________ (工人的数量).

9. such as

? Boys such as John and James are very friendly.像约翰和詹姆斯这样的男孩都很友好。 ? for example与such as的用法及区别:

for example和such as都可当作“例如”解。但such as用来列举事物，插在被列举事物与前面的名词之间。用来列举同类人或事物中的几个例子。for example作“例如”讲时，一般只以同类事物或人中的“一个”为例 (for example所举的例子不仅可以是词组，而且也可以是句子),作插入语，用逗号隔开，可置于句首、句中或句末。 ? 1) The farm grows various kinds of crops, _____ ______ wheat, corn, cotton and rice. 这个农场种植各种各样的庄稼，例如麦子，玉米，棉花和稻米。 ? 2) A lot of people here, ______ ________, John, would rather have coffee. ? 3) There are many difficulties in our study, _____ ______, we lack money. 提醒:使用such as来举例子，只能举出其中的一部分，一般不能全部举出。若全部举出，要改用that is或namely（意为“即”）。

4) He knows four languages，______ _______ Chinese，English， Russian and French. 趁热打铁

1. Every minute ______ spoken English. 2. A. was made use of to practicing 3. B. was made use of practicing 4. C. was made use to practice 5. D. was made use of to practice

6. 2. A lot of countries have gained excellent achievements in space

technology—China,_____. 7. A. such as B. for example 8. C. namely D. and so on